Technical
Presentation:
There was no
Tech. Presentation this month. This was a Planning
Meeting.
Alan
Wolfe, Dr. John Agapiou and Larie Smith were swore in since they missed
the
installation dinner.
Alan Wolfe received his plaque for service last year from Robert Petrach.
Chairman,
Robert Petrach began the meeting at 6:15 p.m.
Meeting
Attendees:
Robert Petrach-Chairman, Jack Wagner Chair Elect, Alan Wolfe-Secretary, Gary Shepperd-Treasurer, Larie Smith-Certifications Chair, John Dinovski-Cert. Coord, John Agapiou-Programs Chair, Shelly Shattuck-Membership Chair, Viktor Astakhov-Awards Chair, Paul Drallos-Bulletin Editor, Phil Crockett-OCC Advisor
Chapter
Business
Secretary's
Report
A
motion made by Phil Crockett and seconded by Shelly Shattuck accepted the
November minutes presented by Alan Wolfe.
Treasurer's
Report
Gary
Shepperd the new Treasurer will be receiving the books and misc. information
from Jack Wagner over the Holidays. Current checking balance is $4,421.03
The
budget is due at SME Headquarters by January 31, 2007 along with the CPAG
report.
Membership
Committee:
Shelly Shattuck the 2008 Membership Chair talked about her plans for 2008.
Shelly noted that there were no new members this month. Shelly talked to and emailed the seven members that were up for renewal in the next 60 days. She feels good about retaining them.
There was talk about the telethon and who to call. Shelly said that she has talked to 50 of our 250 members with phone numbers.
Phil Crockett talked about a website www.constantcontact.com as a way to get feed back from members that we email.
Programs
Report:
John
Agapiou the 2008 Programs Chair said he is looking for Presenters for 2008.
January
the presenter will be Jamie Flinchbaugh and Februarys will be Paul Drallos.
Paul talked about the presentation he is going to give in February.
Larie
Smith said Amanda Olesky might be able to do a presentation in the spring.
Larie
Smith and Shelly Shattuck may have a tour of their companies.
Communications
Report:
Doug Ruffley was absent. Bob Petrach asked if we have been receiving emails from Doug.
Bob asked for us to send him an email if we haven’t.
Bulletin
Report:
Paul Drallos gave report. Paul talked about the last bulletin and the open job listings.
It was decided that this would be a good addition to the bulletins.
Certification
Report:
Larie Smith reported that he has 3 people ready to take the “T” exam.
The reviews will be Saturday February 9th and the 23rd.
The test will be held at his company on Sunday February 24.
John Dinovski will help Larie and has been named Certification Coordinator.
Old
Business:
Jack
Wagner talked about the installation dinner and the 23 people that were there.
25
people had signed up.
The
chapter ended up spending $215.00 for the event.
A
good time was had by all.
A
list is to be made up of what should be covered at the installation
dinner.
New
Business:
Planning
for 2008.
Calendar
of events.
Bob
to email completed Calendar and CPAG report to board members.
Telethon.
Who to contact? Shelly is already contacting members that are about to expire.
Possible
have tours on off meeting days.
Discussions
of the January presentations.
Natalie
Lowell from SME will bring materials, books, etc. for the presentation.
Shelly
to call Natalie to discuss this.
Putting
a powder point together for the presentation in January showing chapter 69
information.
Filled
out 2008 CPAG form.
Total
members to date 350. Our goal for 2008 is 365 members.
The
budget is due at SME Headquarters by January 31, 2007 along with the CPAG
report.
The
meeting was adjourned at 9:10pm by a motion from Gary Shepperd
and seconded by Viktor Astakhov.
Respectfully
submitted,
Alan
Wolfe